The Study of Psychological Risk Factors in Men and Women Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit in Kermanshah Imam Ali Hospital, 2013

Mozhgan  Saeidi; Saeid  Komasi; Arsalan  Naderipour; Shaban  Moradi; Syavash  Soleymani; Parya  Mozhgani

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The Study of Psychological Risk Factors in Men and Women Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit in Kermanshah Imam Ali Hospital, 2013

Author(s):

Mozhgan Saeidi¹,

Saeid Komasi¹,

Arsalan Naderipour²,

Shaban Moradi³,

Syavash Soleymani⁴,

Parya Mozhgani^5,*

1Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Kermanshah, Iran

2Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Paramedicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran

3Researches & Technology Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Kermanshah, Iran

4Researches & Technology Department, Kermanshah Organization of General Welfare. Kermanshah, Iran

5Shokofa Center, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences:Vol. 5, issue 1; e81444

Published online:Apr 11, 2016

Article type:Research Article

Received:Sep 20, 2015

Accepted:Feb 21, 2016

How to Cite: Saeidi M, Komasi S, Naderipour A, Moradi S, Soleymani S, et al. The Study of Psychological Risk Factors in Men and Women Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit in Kermanshah Imam Ali Hospital, 2013.J Clin Res Paramed Sci.2016;5(1):e81444.

Abstract

Introduction: There is a clear gender differences in the epidemiology, clinical presentation, physiology, responding to diagnostic tests, interventions, as well as the prevalence of non psychological risk factors. This study was conducted to the study of psychological risk factors in cardiac rehabilitation men and women.

Methods: This study is cross-sectional. The study population consisted of all cardiac rehabilitation (CR) patients, who were referred to a CR in the Imam Ali hospital in Kermanshah in 2013. Among the patients selected 212 peoples (106 women and 106 men), as matched. Data were collected through clinical interview, Beck anxiety and depression questionnaires, Hudson marital stress index, and Buss and Perry Anger Questionnaire. The SPSS version 18 was used to analyze the data using methods of MANOVA, Chi-square test and T test.

Results: The mean age was 56.25 ± 9.1 years for women and 57.15 ± 9.1 years for men. The results showed that anxiety and depression is significantly higher in women than men (p<0.01). Conversely, men compared with their female counterparts have higher marital stress and anger (p<0.01).

Conclusion: Psychological risk factors and pathology of the cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is different in women and men and needs to specific diagnose and treatment strategies to females. Psychological risk factors for cardiac disease appear differently in men and women. Thus, each of these two groups need their own diagnosis and treatment strategies.

Keywords

Risk factors

psychological factors

cardiac rehabilitation

Imam Ali hospital of Kermanshah

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